It was quite a day in my home town of Beantown yesterday.
Runners in the first wave of 9,000 cross the start line of the 118th Boston Marathon Monday, April 21, 2014 in Hopkinton, Mass. Stephan Savoia/AP
Spectators cheer along the route of the 118th Boston Marathon, April 21, in Boston. Steven Senne/AP
Family members of the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings are joined by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (l., wearing cap) and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh (3rd r.) on April 15, 2014, as they walk to the marathon finish line for a wreath-laying ceremony at the site of the first bomb blast that rocked Boston last year. Brian Snyder/Reuters